Personally, I think my biggest communication challenge thus far has been conveying information completely. This also goes hand and hand with my lack of information verification. Often when patients have asked me questions about their personal condition, I do not have clear answers for them. I try and respond with a general response such as, “I’ll ask the nurse about that and get back to you.” My lack of information verification may lead me to become apprehensive and timid. This is not ideal, as I may come off to the patient as not skillful or capable, causing them to not trust me with their care. I think the fact that I am a new nursing student definitely contributes to my lack of knowledge on answering specific, detailed medical concerns or questions. I am also quite inexperienced when it comes to communicating with patients, as I have not had any one of one patient contact experience so far. However, once we start working with patients one and one and we start to see the same patients over and over with similar conditions, I hope I will be able to give more precise responses to their questions. Right now, I can improve this by becoming more knowledgeable about certain conditions constantly seen on my clinical floor so I become more familiar with them and may be able to answer some more of the general questions a patient may have. Also, during clinical I can try and look at my patient’s chart more thoroughly before entering the room so I have as much information on them as possible. This will allow me to look up anything in their chart I am unfamiliar with and learn about it or do further research on items I am already familiar with.